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It was high noon yet the seas were as dark as midnight,
The choppy black waves seemed to blend into the clouds
Tossing a proud vessel as it liked,
Poseidon laughed as it struggled,
Pushing its winged masses with the fiercest of winds,
It was all the crew could do to hold on,
And pray for a g...

It’s just a room
But it’s also where dreams go to die
And people who have attention problems
Decide to definitely go ahead and shoot themselves.
It’s where you turn into a soulless object
And the purpose of your life defuses
Into the kind of dust
People wipe off their seat
Before sitti...

I stood, relaxed, at the cash register imagining the kinds of people that were bracing for the cold November night just outside. I was volunteering at Worldly Goods and everything was very peaceful. Worldly Goods is a local nonprofit store that sells hand crafted items from developing nations. The c...

I sit with the world, I sit and think about her,
I thought she was strong- the way she lives her life-
Doing what she wants, always a story to tell,
I still don’t really know what she meant
Saying she learned it too young,
(But she’s already so young, 15?)
My mind asks abuse?
But who am I...

That made up slur of R’s, A’s, and W’s was every angry, depressed, and impassioned phrase I’ve ever wanted to scream at you while grabbing you by the shoulders and just shaking you around,
It was filled with me clawing at my own face after every ludicrous, heart breaking word you’ve eve...

Whatever you say my love,
My sadist,
My personal b****
That I call upon in those moments
When there aren’t enough reasons for me to be as sad as I know I am,
When I need a new excuse
For the pain that hums along to my life....

The light from my cell phone as it texts that I miss you
Is the only light around, and I use it to guide my way,
I know you won’t believe me,
You never do any more, and that’s my fault I suppose,
You can’t believe anything I say because of all the false promises,
(I can’t call them lie...

Open doors allow thoughts and dreams to walk in,
Children’s minds play with the world looking up to a vast sky,
Stars within reach of innocent fingers,
Dark shades only a thing of mystery and magic,
Unaware of the lies the world is destined to tell,
Love, a thing just as innocent as they, pla...

Fly me high spirit moon,
For I wont stay awake much longer,
Soon ill join your cool breezes and calming words for the night,
Please send the crickets with me too
and I’ll dance with them as I sail away...

I want to cry,
I want to cry and shake and sob
and push away all consolation,
I want to bask in uncontrollable misery
with no chance of being stopped,
I want to curse and throw glasses against walls
So that everyone knows exactly how messed up I am,
I want people to look at me and see the...

What odd cold curses this July day,
Hundreds of years, never before 70,
In every way curses and blessings are the same anyhow,
Might as well celebrate the dull tint that’s seen from my stoop,
Nature must know how we plan to improve it,
Cut out its mistakes,
Away with dying bushes that hurt o...

What has happened to you my love?
The pink shades that inspired me to sketch your desired form
brown sadly at the edges,
imperfections scaring your smooth lustrous face,
light rain rests gently down
and you meekly bend,
panting for breath,
your smell though,
that warm joyful scent,
that is ...

My angel,
I’ve strung out and cut you,
Pierced in the dark,
Completely lost,
Your stained wings I have tainted
Will for me always remain
in my mind the picture of good,
blackened by my lies
you are my angel still,
looking in me,
still seeing hope,
still seeing love,
still the part of ...

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